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Planning for the Next Year: Draft Fiscal Year 2008 Goals

Planning for the Next Year: Draft Fiscal Year 2008 Goals. Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D. Executive Director Thursday, September 20, 2007. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft). Commonwealth Care : Solidify program and continue enrolling members.

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Planning for the Next Year: Draft Fiscal Year 2008 Goals

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  1. Planning for the Next Year: Draft Fiscal Year 2008 Goals Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D. Executive Director Thursday, September 20, 2007

  2. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft) • Commonwealth Care: Solidify program and continue enrolling members. • Commonwealth Choice: Begin attracting members and fully launch employer services. • Health Care Reform: Work towards short and long term success of health care reform through outreach, website enhancements, and program evaluation. • Operations and Finance: Enhance infrastructure and reporting.

  3. A. Commonwealth Care IV. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft) Overall Goal: Solidify program and continue enrolling members. Objectives: • Cover virtually all qualified uninsured people whose incomes are below 300 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) • Control costs of contracting with MMCOs. • Refine program structure and operations to support continued growth and overall Connector objectives (e.g. S 125 rollout).

  4. B. Commonwealth Choice IV. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft) Overall Goal: Begin attracting members and fully launch employer services. (Overall goal by 7/1/08 = 35,000 members) Objectives: • Enroll nongroup members quickly • Establish fully automated Voluntary Employer services by 10/1/07 • Establish Contributing Employer services by 2/1/08 • Continue investing in website as a critical tool for businesses and consumers. • Develop coordinated management of key partnerships: • Health plans (Seal of Approval re-procurement); • SBSB and CSC.

  5. IV. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft) C. Health Care Reform Overall Goal: Work towards short and long term success of health care reform through outreach, website enhancements, and program evaluation. Objectives: • Enhance Connector’s role as an easy-to-use source of information on health reform (includes web site) and inform/train employers, brokers and affected parties. • Coordinate with other state agencies on health reform, including waiver renegotiation. • Define and help implement enforcement process for individual mandate. • Define key measures of how Connector’s health care reform will be evaluated and invite researchers to participate. • Begin to develop cost containment strategies to ensure health care reform’s longer term success.

  6. D. Operations and Finance IV. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft) Overall Goal: Enhance infrastructure and reporting. Objectives: • Achieve breakeven administrative budget by end of FY08. • Establish routine operational reporting for all Connector programs. • Ensure premium billing systems meet all programmatic needs. • Identify and implement operational efficiencies.

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